Carrara 5 Training DVD

1. Introduction

• Welcome Demo
• What's new in Carrara 5 Demo
• Introduction to the interface Demo
• Introduction to the rooms Demo

2. Creating Scenes and Animations

• Navigating in 3D space Demo
• Creating images Demo
• Creating animations
• Exploring the Scene Wizard
• Using primitive objects
• Creating text objects
• Using formula objects
• Importing 3D models

3. Managing Scene Elements

• Setting up a scene
• Moving, scaling and rotating scene elements
• Aligning, distributing and spacing objects
• Using the Eye Dropper

4. Using the Cameras

• Using the four basic cameras
• Navigating the camera with the Track, Dolly, Pan and Bank tools

5. Lighting a Scene

• Basic scene lighting
• Using the Distant Light
• Using the Spot Light
• Using the Bulb Light
• Using the Anything Glows Light
• Using the Shape and Tube Light
• Studio lighting effects

6. Using Modifiers

• Using modifiers and deformers

7. Using the Spline Modeler

• Introduction to the Spline Modeler
• Creating cross sections
• Creating a wine glass

8. Using the Vertex Modeler

• Introduction to the Vertex Modeler
• Extruding, sweeping, lathing and lofting
• Using booleans and the Cut tool
• Using the Surfaces tools
• Using the Edges tools
• Creating a hood ornament

9. Using the Metaball Modeler

• Introduction to the Metaball Modeler

10. Creating Terrains

• Introduction to terrain objects
• Creating and modifying a terrain
• Creating realistic skies

11. Using the Replicators

• Introducing the Replicator
• Introducing the Surface Replicator

12. Using Shaders

• Introducing Shaders
• Working with the Multi-Channel Mixer
• Working with Texture Maps
• Using Shader Domains
• Using Displacement Maps

13. Adding Environmental Elements

• Using Particles
• Adding fire, fountains and fog
• Creating plants
• Adding volumetric clouds

14. Animating a Scene

• Working with keyframes, tweeners and motion paths
• Using physics and behaviors

15. Character Animation

• Introducing rigging
• Adding bones
• Motion constraints and inverse kinematics
• Influencing bones with Weightmap Painting
• Creating and using Morph Targets
• Adding sound to Morph Targets

16. Importing Poser Files

• Importing with Transposer and Poser native files

17. Rendering a Scene

• Choosing a render engine
• Rendering with Global Illumination, Caustics and Ambient Occlusion
• Exporting images and animations
• Batch rendering

18. Conclusion

• Goodbye